#8A478D#8A478D

#8A478D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.130 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A478D
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 141)
HSL	hsl(297, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 49.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, 39.20, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 47.46, 325.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% 0.1078 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.13 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5418, 11.8337, 26.5543)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A478D #4A8D47

analogous

#67478D #8A478D #8D476D

triadic

#8A478D #8D8A47 #478D8A

tetradic

#8A478D #8D6747 #4A8D47 #476D8D

square

#8A478D #8D6747 #4A8D47 #476D8D

split-complementary

#8A478D #6D8D47 #478D67

monochromatic

#3A1E3C #623364 #8A478D #AC62B0 #C28AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8A478D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A478D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A478D

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A478D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A478D	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F5B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a478d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.130 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7dae',
    500: '#8a478d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a478d;
$custom-light: #ae7dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a478d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.429,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50715,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A478D

secondary

#82B080

accent

#C95F63

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A478D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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